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This spring, students stepped out of their comfort zones and onto the beach and God moved in ways that exceeded every expectation. There is something unique about watching a student - someone who has been quiet, hesitant, unsure of the words to say - take a breath, approach a stranger, and share the Gospel for the very first time. That is what happened at Beach Reach this year. Not once. Not twice. But across an entire week of ministry, over and over again, as our students s

I first met Brother Bill in the early spring of 2002. I had traveled down to SVBA from Columbus to introduce myself as a new state convention missionary (SCBO). From the first moment we met I liked brother Bill. His smile, mustache, kind demeanor, and of course his signature cowboy hat, were staples I came to enjoy until his passing this week. I so enjoyed my visits to the SVBA office where I most often would find Bill in his office, sitting at his chair and doing the Godly s

Have you ever wondered what it might have been like to live in Jerusalem during the week of Jesus’ triumphant entrance and then the week after His crucifixion and resurrection? How might you have responded to the worlds most significant event? Might it have been with sadness because an innocent man was falsely accused and condemned. Or maybe with joy because a religious zealot and crazy man was finally being silenced. Possibly with curiosity in thinking just who was this guy

Are you attracting people to Christ or repelling them? Jack Helton explores the "spiritual perfume" we wear in this encouraging devotion on 2 Corinthians.